xi, 196 pages 22 cm

The hero worshiper -- Beginning of the machine -- Tom becomes boss -- Harry joins the machine -- The cold, mathematical mind -- The obedient servant -- Lazia joins the machine -- The Union Station massacre -- A link in the machine chain -- The defeat that rankled -- The bloody election of '34 -- Elected by voting ghosts -- Tom takes over WPA with Harry's help -- "Move on them!" -- Harry's attack on law and order -- The "Democrat Party" goes to jail -- The insurance case compromise -- Harry stays with "sinking ship" -- Tom's boy is re-elected -- The record on farm loans -- "He was always my friend" -- Harry, Tom's successor -- "A full investigation" -- The grand jury reports -- The whitewash was too thin -- The power that failed -- Appendix A. Chronology -- Appendix B. Election tables -- Appendix C. An un-American Iron Curtain -- Appendix D. Harry's tirade against Maurice Milligan

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